Teyana Taylor centered on appearing as a result of she felt “claustrophobic within the music house”.
The 35-year-old star has loved success as a musician and as an actress, and Teyana admits that she’s centered on completely different passions at completely different closing dates.
She advised Selection: “Actually, I’ve simply at all times been a personality.
“As I acquired older, children would play and I’d watch motion pictures — some, most likely, I mustn’t have been watching. I’ve at all times been into how an actor can emote. I at all times needed to be Julia Roberts or Kate Winslet.
“As I acquired into music, every part else was put to a again burner. I didn’t get the chance to go to lessons and examine it the way in which I’d’ve appreciated to. As soon as I began to really feel claustrophobic within the music house, I used to be like, I have to pour into different issues that I really like.”
Teyana poured her personal life experiences into her efficiency in One Battle After One other, the acclaimed darkish comedy film that additionally starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Regina Corridor.
She defined: “It was such a ardour. Timing is every part: I at all times say, the wait isn’t punishment; it’s preparation for what was already written for you. If every part went my manner, I wouldn’t have been the identical Perfidia in One Battle After One other. I needed to really feel some s*** to know the right way to channel these feelings.”
Teyana beforehand confessed to being a “sponge” round her A-list co-stars.
The actress starred alongside the likes of DiCaprio and Regina Corridor in One Battle After One other, and Tayana admitted that she consciously tried to be taught from her co-stars.
She advised The Hollywood Reporter: “Think about having these legends for lecturers.
“You assume I’m about to go to sleep at school? No. I’m going to open that pocket book, pen to pad. I’m right here to be a sponge. Even once I’m instructing, I’m a scholar. And I’m a straight-A scholar.”
Paul Thomas Anderson relished the expertise of working with Teyana, too, describing the actress as a “particular” expertise.
The acclaimed filmmaker defined: “After we did our costume fittings and digicam checks, a sort of metamorphosis occurred. It’s the dancer vitality that she brings.
“When the costume comes on and the scenario is genuine, she actually lights up and begins to go. Early on, we shot her operating at full pace at sunset. I believe it’s when the crew realised we have been working with somebody particular who was going to thrill us.”
